PRINCESS AND VETERAN

Evening Star, Issue 12603, 7 September 1905, Page 7

PRINCESS AND VETERAN

A year or two ago kfr Gwn, ft* Oriiuieu veteran who keeps the King’s I4«bo in we Long Walk, Windsor Great Park, faded to recognise Prinoess Victoria as she was cycling down the walk. As cycling a not allowed on the walk, the veteran promptly ought hold of the bicycle, with the result that tne ihiiibess fcuheavily in the roadway. . Abject apologies followed, end the old nuuiwas forglten- Recently, Green, who hj fl%Uu (Iwviri yean oi age, had » leg amputated. and while he was in bed a lady called at the lodge and asked after him. Mrs Green, ignorant qf the identity of the caller, inquired her name ao that she might tell her husband. “Oh, tdl him,” said the stranger with a tmjjft, “ that the lady whom he pushed off her bicycle has called to see him; he will know me.” A few minutes later Princesa Victoria was sitting by the old man’s bedside, cheering him with kindly words. 801*860060% the Prince of Woles, Prince and Princess Christian, and Princesses Victoria and Louise of SchlessngHolstein visited the aged lodge keeper.